I stumbled upon this thread and got really confused. Do people usually have sweaty feet? I tend not to wear socks except when I wear shoes. Otherwise, I wear slippers or go barefoot. Even when I wear shoes, I don’t notice any sweating in my feet. I usually wear cotton socks though.

To answer the OP, though, my rule is to not reuse socks with a couple of exceptions:

• if I only had the socks (with the shoes on) for less than a couple of hours, I think it’s safe to reuse the socks.

• if for some reason, I go to a place where I need to take my shoes and socks off (like if I go visit a friend) I would reuse the socks, of course.

Most of the time though, I just don’t bother with shoes and socks if I can get away with it. It’s too hot where I live to deal with socks.

If they’ve been off after a day I don’t see how you can put used socks back on.

I will wear underwear or socks more than 24h if i shower halfway into a day or if I am being sick/a slob and just not taking any clothes off.

Wearing socks more than 1 day in a row means you’ve failed to uphold the social contract.

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It depends on how much you sweat, the stuff in your sweat, how much skin you shed, and your own microbiome. Everyone is different. I change socks every 10-12 hours. My friend changes her socks -and- shoes at lunch. If she doesn’t, the smell will literally chase everyone out of the room when she takes off her shoes at the end of the day.

I’ll change my socks every day, and more if I’m swapping out workout clothes for fresh clothes.

Oddly, I really don’t experience foot odor. Other bits can get rather ripe, but whether I’m wearing boots or going barefoot, my feet just do t get funky. That said, I have had athlete’s foot and I’ve seen what happens when someone doesn’t change their socks after days of marching and working in the field. I know it’s not a major danger for me at this point, but I’ve got a whole drawer full of socks, and in any case I want them to match with my shoes and pants.

I put on new socks everyday. But if I get up early, and have to do stuff as soon as I’m up, I might put back the clothes I had the previous day and, like, prepare my son’s breakfast, then I go take a shower, then I put on new clothes.

I usually swap clothes every time I take a shower, or when they get dirty. Nothing special happening that’s very second day, but can end up being daily.

One day only! Trust me, you can’t smell old socks but everyone else can! They also make your shoes stink. In the same vein, never wear closed shoes without socks unless you want them to be eternally smelly

Depends what I’m doing. On an average home office day I barely even wear socks outside of dropping the kids off at school, so the pair that ~I’m currently wearing~ is on the floor next to my bed has been used three days in a row.

When I’m doing field work it usually means long days of wearing shoes, often in hot climate, and often loafing around airports. For those days I always pack three extra pairs of clean socks to have in my kit.

I only wear wool socks and work from home. I can easily go 4-5 days if I’ve only gone outside to get groceries or whatnot.

If I’m going out to socialize though and it’s been more than 2 days I’ll get a fresh pair.

Oh God. Back when I was dirt poor, I needed socks but I wanted to save money, so I wore them for two days, hanging them to dry overnight.

I ended up with athlete’s foot. Don’t skimp on socks.

Bought a marino wool shirt because i was told this. Still incredibly itchy even if it was better than regular wool.

If you are somewhere pretty cold and unsociable then fine. You could also wear two pairs at once, the woolen ones on the outside and washed less often than thinner ones inside to wash often. Done that. Works well. Again; cold, kinda not social.